Screen Noir

As far as video game movies go, Resident Evil has never really been at the top of that list. We start off where Afterlife ended, with Alice and co under attack from a newly replenished force of Umbrella Corporation goons and what tries to be a stylish use of filming techniques coupled with a tedious ten minute flashback of the previous films. Captured by umbrella, Alice awakens in yet another science lab full of nasties but this time she finds replicas of time square, the Kremlin and segments of suburbia which have been used to test the virus on live subjects welcoming her on her escape. Led by the mysterious Ada Wong and a now friendly Wesker, Alice has to make her way through the submerged Umbrella base, fight fields of zombies, horrific Lickers and even face of against her brainwashed bestie in order to make it out alive. Elsewhere in the facility another group also led by Wesker attempts to find and rescue Alice, will any of them survive another dance with the evil, newly resurrect...

Life is a loop. For Loopers when the loop finally closes, it's a cause for celebration but for their future selves 30 years away it means game over. A Looper kills whoever appears in front of them and eventually that means themselves, sent back through time by mobsters as in 2074 bodies are to hard to get rid of its an easy buck for an average kind of killer. Joe a Looper from 2044 finds his faith in the job wavering when his friend Seth let's his loop run(letting his older self escape) and he hands him in to keep his stash of silver. Though when a spree of loops start closing in quick succession Joe finds himself face to face with himself, overpowered by his future self his loop runs. Present Joe sets out to close his loop and save his life while future Joe wants to stop the villainous future Rainmaker who causes a world wide spread of chaos. Present Joe soon realizes he'll do anything to keep his life while his other self has the same revelation selfshness and desperation...

For a film so quiet in procedure the presentation is pretty damn loud giving us an American crime thriller the likes that hasn't been done so low key yet intensely gripping in a long while. When a high-stakes poker game is robbed by two armed gunmen, Jackie Cogan is sent to clean up the mess and find out who's responsible. While the thieves Frankie and Russell are celebrating their achievements unaware of Cogan's presence and the holder of the game, Markie Trattman's who previously robbed one of his own games violent encounter. Soon Frankie realizes the situation he's gotten himself into, the serious rate of return those he robbed want and aware that time is running short for him and everyone else involved. What seems like at first a dream way out of a poor and shady life changes into a tragic demise as Cogan himself sets out to even the score. With thieves, killers and contacted hit-men all out to in full force, the key thing for all of them is the fact that it...

The Bondurant Boys a bootlegging trio are the answer to many prayers in a depression-era Virginia carting around their own moonshine produce during prohibition. While not as business orientated as his two brothers, Jack Bondurant aims to make a name for himself and outshine even his legendary brother Forest. But the bootlegging suddenly becomes more difficult when a new deputy comes into town, Charlie Rakes is obsessed with catching the brothers out and bringing their illegal escapades to a grinding halt. Never being ones to just bow down to the law the Bondurant boys especially Jack, takes defiance to a new level when opposing Rakes and his reign of harsh and violent justice. Taking center stage is Shia LaBeouf and while a quieted down role for once in comparison to his other onscreen performances, his boyish arrogance which seems to always be lulling around suits the youngest Bondurant, Jack to a tee. While also fitting with his usual rules Hardy gives a muscled man hidden behind ...

Out with the old in with the new, the new law that is and his name is Dredd. Putting on the helmet and out to steal a better sense of law, Judge Dredd is back on the big screen and streets of Mega-City One to hand out justice to the masses. A new drug swamps the city streets and Judge Dredd is eager to kick start a crackdown after encountering a minor crime while at the same time he finds himself training the new flunky recruit and psychic, Anderson. Giving Anderson first pick of which call to respond to, she chooses the killing and skinning of three men in 200 floor slum, Peach Trees. Inside and finding a minor drugs exchange occurring, the judges set about bringing down the law until that is Ma-Ma the self imposed ruler of Peach Trees finds out. Sealing the whole complex into an emergency shut down, the judges find themselves in the deep end with no way out and a war waged against them by the lowest of the low and none of them are fond of the law. Dredd and Anderson have to make thei...

A horror based around a demonic possession, it seems to be all the rage in Hollywood these days. Divorced and newly moved Clyde finds himself struggling to be the all round father figure his two young daughters Em and Hannah need and most importantly they need plates for his new home. Em, the youngest of the two insists stopping at a local yard sale to purchase the essentials the house requires though finds herself more interested in an old antique box lined with ancient writing. Ending up with the pile of tat Clyde picks up his daughters new box is still the most horrific item they obtain, the consequences of the purchase soon begin to dawn on the splintered family as strange occurrences become the norm, plagues of insects appear and even death loiters over it. As events get stranger and Em becomes more distant, the more suspicious Clyde gets about the box she clutches so close. But it appears Clyde may realize to late that the box is actually more deadly and curse ridden than it seem...

As the year drudges on through the summer onslaught yet another remake is thrown into the mix to make the days of originality feel that bit more dull. An all out nuclear war leaves the world a desolate place, wiping out must of humanity only leaving the remnants of Australia now known as the Colony and the United Federation of Britain in it's wake. Down on his luck and stuck in a mundane life in the slums of the Colony, Douglas Quaid is eager to escape his everyday labour anyway possible. As if an answer to his sullen mood, he hears about Rekall from a co-worker, a place where you can have the dreams and memories you desire imported straight into your head. Quaid sees it as an opportunity to live the life of his dreams, but when the procedure begins it triggers what appears to be long lost memories of his real identity and life. Quaid soon realizes nothing is as it seems as he tries to recall his memories, avoid his decoy wife trying to kill him and find out why he's become a ...